Triangle

Intro: verse 1: Oh the gist of it all is the first day of fall   Is the day when my ship will set sail   The best of all friends will say good-bye again   There’s still time for one last glass of ale   verse 2: We’ll sail away proudly our backs to the wall   On a southwind and lots of good cheer   And when we’ve looked over the white cliffs of Dover   We’ll be in Bahama next year verse 3: From Bermuda on down the Triangle around us   Will teach us a lesson or two   There’s many a mate who unevenly stated   The course he had charted was true   verse 4: "Don’t worry ’bout me" he said "Go down below   Give a certified sailor a turn   Just sip on your rum or I’ll give you my thumb and say ’Son you got something to learn’" It’s a mighty hard way to come down   And a mighty fine way to be found   So hand me my grip from an old sailing ship Put the kiss of the dawn on my lips   With some luck tonight I might have her at my fingertips VERSE 5: Oh the best of all things is the first day of spring   When the water runs heavy and fast   The mermaids have all gone to Davy Jones’ Ball   And it seems their first trip was their last   VERSE 6: They had so much fun they don’t wish to return   To the beach where they lay all day long   They’d rather stay under and boy it’s no wonder   When all the rock lobsters roll on   It’s a mighty fine way to be found VERSE 7: Triangle Triangle oh see my ship dangle   We’re bound for Bahama my friend   Like lovers like danger like babies like mangers   But that’s where my storybook ends   VERSE 8: Like soldiers of fortune believers in god   And all kings without crosses to bear   All sweepers and cleaners with no misdemeanours   Should try the Triangle out there It’s a mighty hard way to come down   And a mighty fine way to be found   So hand me my grip from an old sailing ship Put the kiss of the dawn on my lips   With some luck tonight I might have her at my fingertips VERSE 9: When she took her last tumble the sea bottom rumbled There was no confusion or blame   The captain said "Men we must answer again   To the sea so ye may not complain"   verse 10: And as they lay sleeping down there in the deep   With their faces turned up to the stars   A tuna fish turned to a mermaid in bed and said "There goes another sandbar" It’s a mighty hard way to come down   And a mighty fine way to be found   So hand me my grip from an old sailing ship Put the kiss of the dawn on my lips   With some luck tonight I might have her at my fingertips